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Former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy claimed he was "disoriented" by the medication Ambien when he rammed a Capitol Hill checkpoint with his Ford Mustang in 2006. His father, the late Sen. Ted Kennedy,  told police in 1969 that he was "was unfamiliar with the road" that led to the notorious Chappaquiddick crash, claiming the life of Mary Jo Kopechne.

Former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy claimed he was "disoriented" by the medication Ambien when he rammed a Capitol Hill checkpoint with his Ford Mustang in 2006. His father, the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, told police in 1969 that he was "was unfamiliar with the road" that led to the notorious Chappaquiddick crash, claiming the life of Mary Jo Kopechne.

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